diff --git a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
index d7c16005491ec5261d99f9d20214b6476d44c662..3dbce9ac4327a89ea6d84f348041609c5d653b4a 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/xprtrdma/verbs.c
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ static void rpcrdma_create_mrs(struct rpcrdma_xprt *r_xprt);
 static void rpcrdma_destroy_mrs(struct rpcrdma_buffer *buf);
 static void rpcrdma_dma_unmap_regbuf(struct rpcrdma_regbuf *rb);
 
-static struct workqueue_struct *rpcrdma_receive_wq;
+static struct workqueue_struct *rpcrdma_receive_wq __read_mostly;
 
 int
 rpcrdma_alloc_wq(void)